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Bachmann Campaign Press Release - Team Bachmann Builds on Organizational Strength in Iowa; Announces 64 Southeast Leaders Following Candidate's Tour of the Region

October 31, 2011

Urbandale, Iowa – Following Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's three-day swing through southeast Iowa, the campaign released the names of 64 grassroots activists who will play an instrumental role in organizing for the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses.

"The caucuses are won precinct-by-precinct with neighbors talking to neighbors, friends talking to friends. These supporters, like others around the state, are already working hard on Michele Bachmann's behalf to bring home a victory," said state Sen. Kent Sorenson, Bachmann's state chairman. "Southeast Iowa proved to be an important region in the 2008 caucuses and the same will be true in 2012."

The grassroots leaders announced today are:

  • Bret Shaffer, Osceola
  • Steve Beyer, Burlington
  • Darin Roth, Fairfield
  • Lyle Ahrens, Harper
  • Beverly Schirz, Pella
  • Crystal Wilson, Ottumwa
  • Jill Hollingsworth, Grinnell
  • Jerry Leathers, Stockport
  • Dennis Whitson, Ottumwa
  • Marie Kerr, Washington
  • Kenneth Halfhill, Corydon
  • Ed Fagen, Oskaloosa
  • Cyril and Jan McKay, Fremont
  • Phil and Constance Cavanaugh, Ottumwa
  • Jane Hodoly, Ottumwa
  • Wanda Crosson, Eddyville
  • Betty DeBoef, What Cheer
  • Rob and Bonnie Noah, Oskaloosa
  • Phil Porter, Oskaloosa
  • Danny Carroll, Grinnell
  • Arvin and Cheryl Peterson, Knoxville
  • Dave Milam, Oskaloosa
  • Jennifer Doland, Oskaloosa
  • Gloria Vilianueva, Fairfield
  • David and Vicky Eastburn, Fairfield
  • Levi State, Oskaloosa
  • Julie Hutchinson, Oskaloosa
  • Jamie Strickler, Fairfield
  • James Johnson, Bloomfield
  • Barry Visser, Oskaloosa
  • Donald Morrow, Oskaloosa
  • Bill Tvedt, Oskaloosa
  • Lois Klein, New Sharon
  • Josh Christenson, Pella
  • Wendi Dahm, Pella
  • Shirley Meeks, Knoxville
  • John Mulenberg, Knoxville
  • Mark Waits, Centerville
  • Scott McLin, Osceola
  • Terry and Danelle Taylor, Weldon
  • Randy Crawford, Coralville
  • Kathy Workman, What Cheer
  • Pat Scanlon, Oskaloosa
  • Connie Anderson, Davenport
  • Carl Grey, Pella
  • Gina Chesling, Muscatine
  • Andy Kay, Davenport
  • Sheila Reiland, Iowa City
  • Terry Davis, Burlington
  • B.J. Jahn, Burlington
  • Steve Beyer, Burlington
  • Dave Childers, Oskaloosa
  • Brad Cranston, Burlington
  • Katherine Hove, Solon
  • Dallas McLaughlin, Knoxville
  • Norm and Coretha Rozendaal, Monroe
  • Robert Schneider, Burlington

Michele Bachmann, Bachmann Campaign Press Release - Team Bachmann Builds on Organizational Strength in Iowa; Announces 64 Southeast Leaders Following Candidate's Tour of the Region Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/298982

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